Current Astronomical Stuff


Finally, I decided to get my photo taken with all the equipments that I have now, using either when doing my outreach astronomy programs, or doing my personal observations or imaging.

Not for the faint hearted.. :-)


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  1. D’scoverOctober 20, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    I am almost fainted!!
    That's a LOT of Astro stuffs! Wow....

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